Sec. 7. Intelligent transportation technologies
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The Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Research and Technology, as part of the Intelligent Transportation Systems research program, with the goal of reducing traffic congestion and vehicle crashes and accelerating testing and research on the introduction of safe, connected, and automated vehicle technology systems, shall— seek to identify and understand— new and innovative vehicle technologies, including active safety technologies, and their safe application in vehicles; and emerging vehicle technologies and advanced communications and sensing techniques that may require additional exploration and understanding by the Department of Transportation of how such technologies work alone and in conjunction with other vehicle and relevant nonvehicle technologies; assess wireless technologies’ capabilities to achieve a deployable system in which vehicles of all types (including automobiles, trucks, motor coaches, transit vehicles, and other fleets), traffic signals, other infrastructure systems, pedestrians, motorcyclists, bicyclists, and mobile devices can interact with and among each other through secure communications, including by conducting rigorous, real-world testing, in cooperation with representatives of the Federal Communications Commission, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the automotive, Wi-Fi, cellular, and Intelligent Transportation Systems communities, of viable spectrum sharing technologies that could enable the safe operation of unlicensed devices, including Wi-Fi, in the 5.9 GHz band without interfering with connected and automated vehicle communications; and assist in the development of cybersecurity standards in cooperation with relevant modal administrations of the Department of Transportation and other Federal agencies, including the National Institute of Standards and Technology, to help prevent hacking, spoofing, and disruption of connected and automated transportation applications among surface transportation vehicles of all types.
Upon completion of the testing described in subsection (a)(2), the Secretary of Transportation shall send to Congress and the Federal Communications Commission, and publish on a public website, a report identifying any potential signal interference risks to connected and automated vehicle communications that may exist due to unlicensed devices, including Wi-Fi, operating in the 5.9 GHz band, including a determination of whether such devices can safely operate in the 5.9 GHz band without creating signal interference that could jeopardize or delay the deployment of an effective connected and automated vehicle communications system.
In carrying out this section, the Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Research and Technology shall document and analyze the technologies described in subsection (a), and share results of the analysis with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration annually. In carrying out this section, the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary shall ensure the privacy of individuals. In this section, the term active safety technologies means technologies which actively assist drivers or vehicles in preventing or mitigating a crash.